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WINDOW BEAD PASTENER.

No. 280,756.- Patented July 3, 1883.

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UNITED STATES.

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CHARLES H. MYERS, OF PHELPS, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-BEAD FA'STENER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,756, dated July 3,1883.

Application filed February 23, 1883. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MYERS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Phelps, in the county ofOntario and State; of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Window-Bead Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain .new and useful improvements indevices for detacha-, bly securing window-frame beads in position in theframe; and it has for its object to construct a. device which shall becapable of admitting of the ready removal and replace ment of suchbeads, whereby the windowsashes may be removed for the purposes ofwashing and repairing the same.

It consists in the employment of a nail or tapering rod adapted to bedriven permanently into the window-casing proper, in connection with ametallic'socket and pivoted locking-nut, the peculiarities of which willmore fully hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andon which like letters of reference indicate corresponding features,Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a portion of a window-framebead; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view, taken diametrically through thesocket and locking-nut, showing a portion of the bead and window-casingproper,and Fig. 3, a like view to Fig. 1, showing the locking-nutremoved and a modified form of the construction of the socket.

- The letter A designates a portion of an ordinary window-frame bead,and the letter B also a portion of theframe proper.-

The letter O designates a nail or pointed wire adapted to be drivenpermanently into the casing proper, and provided in some instances witha serrated or spurred point, whereby it is more securely held in thewood against longitudinal withdrawal. Said nail,- at its outer end, isprovided with a neck, 0, and'a head, a, over which is adapted to fit alocking-nut, D, the same consisting of a short piece of metal .having ahub, cl, and thumbpieces E, projecting therefrom. Theouter end of thesaid hub is provided with a slot or depression, which serves to receivethe point of a screw-driver, for a purpose which shall presently appear.

, The letter F designates a metallic disk or socket, the same consistingof an annulus pro- I aperture extend, at diametrical points, slots f,

agreeing in width with the thickness of the thumb-pieces of thelocking-nut. Eachhalf of said bottom F, on its outer side, is inclinedin opposite directions, forming a cam-face, which serves to allow thelocking-nut to be easily turned, and which acts to more firmly bind thebead to the casing proper when the nut is turned at right angles to theslots f. When it is desired to remove the bead, the said nut is rotateduntil its thumb-pieces are coincident with the slots f, therebyadmitting of the beads being slipped over the same, this being done byapplying the hand to the thumb-pieces or a screw-driver to the slot inthe endof the hub. V

It will be observed from Fig. 2 of the drawings 'that the beadisrecessed, in order to receive, the socket and bring the outer facethereof flush with the face of the bead. The socket indicated in Fig. 3of the drawings is provided with lugs on its periphery, which serve toprevent it from turning in the bead, and which are used in lieu of thescrews, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a device for detachably securing a-window-framebead, of the fixed nail or stud having a pivoted lockingo nut and aslotted socket, against which the nut is adapted to bear,substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The combination, in a device for detachably securing a window-framebead, of a fixed 5 nail having a spurred point and a pivotedlocking-nut, with the slotted socket having a cam-shaped face, againstwhich the nut is adapted to bear, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. MYERS.

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Witnesses:

CHAS. D. DAVIS, EDWIN L. YEWELL.

